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Mr. Ernie Ross
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish the percentage value of Government expenditure of the gross national product in 1970 and at the latest available date in: West Germany, Italy, France, Belgium, Austria, the Netherlands, the Republic of Ireland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and the United Kingdom.
Mr. Biffen
The information requested is given in the table below:
| GENERAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE* AS A PERCENTAGE OF GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT AT MARKET PRICES | ||
| 1970 | 1977 | |
| West Germany | 35·9 | 44·4 |
| Italy | 35·2 | 46·2 |
| France | 38·3 | 43·.9 |
| Belgium | 36·2 | 46·1 |
| Austria | 37·9 | 45·1 |
| Netherlands | 44·2 | 55·7 |
| Ireland | 37·4 | 47·2† |
| Denmark | N.A. | N.A. |
| Sweden | 43·2 | 60·5 |
| Norway | 41·1 | 52·3 |
| United Kingdom | 37·6 | 44·2 |
| * Expenditure by central and local government combined, excluding capital transfers, loans and expenditure on the acquisition of company securities, for which figures on an internationally comparable basis are not available. | ||
| †1976. | ||
Source: National accounts of OECD countries 1960–77 volume II.